|
I'm hella impressed with Tim Armstrong's performance in the last episode. Overall it was pretty blah, but his monologue made up for it.
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2016 16:17
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 14, 2024 07:59 |
|
|
Good Soldier Svejk posted:How do you guys feel about that episode Duchovny wrote where an alien just wanted to play baseball except maybe he wasn't an alien and it was just a very clumsy allegory for racism? It was a fun episode with a cool looking alien and it was about old timey baseball, A+ A hell of a lot better than all things which had zero baseball and way too much 90s new age, thanks Gillian Anderson 
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2016 16:34
|
|
|
A special moment in every X-Files viewer's life is the moment he or she learns how not at all like Scully Gillian Anderson really is. Duchovny's goofy baseball obsession seems way more in-character for Mulder to share.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2016 16:58
|
|
|
Duchovny is pretty much a slightly less cool version of Mulder with some different obsessions going on.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2016 17:03
|
|
|
PBS Newshour posted:Duchovny is pretty much a slightly less cool version of Mulder with some different obsessions going on. And some of the exact same obsessions.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2016 17:04
|
|
|
Yes. See the auto erotic asphyxiation thing was a joke, but not about how Mulder was going to die.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2016 17:05
|
|
Good Soldier Svejk posted:How do you guys feel about that episode Duchovny wrote where an alien just wanted to play baseball except maybe he wasn't an alien and it was just a very clumsy allegory for racism? It's my favorite episode. There's some hamfisted stuff about it, but it's so goofy and earnest in it's own way.
|
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2016 17:06
|
|
|
Jack Gladney posted:A special moment in every X-Files viewer's life is the moment he or she learns how not at all like Scully Gillian Anderson really is. This isn't exactly a compliment but her character on Hannibal always seemed a lot closer to her actual personality.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2016 17:11
|
|
|
It was also Jesse L. Martin, who is a drat pleasure to watch act.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2016 17:44
|
|
|
Longbaugh01 posted:It always really bugs me when Scully is doing an autopsy with gloves on, but then touches her tape recorder or cellphone with a gloved hand that was just handling a severed head or vital organ. Sort of related but Mulder regularly tastes EVERYTHING to the point that it's a running joke for me and my wife to guess what he'll stick in his mouth next. I like to think he knew the lizard squirted blood from his eyes because it clearly in his mouth when he pauses the video.  I was a bit surprised he used a napkin for the bandaid and didn't just pocket it. His evidence handling has really improved over the seasons.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2016 18:33
|
|
|
Good Soldier Svejk posted:How do you guys feel about that episode Duchovny wrote where an alien just wanted to play baseball except maybe he wasn't an alien and it was just a very clumsy allegory for racism? How you feel about that episode probably depends on whether or not you like baseball episodes. Personally, I love it, but I can see why others would be ambivalent about it. There's some great elements; - Jesse Martin and Frederic Lane are fantastic guest stars - Young Art Dale reacting to Exley's real appearance - Alien Bounty Hunter getting beaned by a baseball - Mulder nerding out about something other than porn, UFOs, and basketball - M. Emmet Walsh does a great job stepping in for Darren McGavin The whole episode has this great fairy-tale feel to it, and it's nice to have an episode that deals with the overall mythology (in a way) but isn't doom and gloom and high stakes. Jesse Martin in particular is just great the entire episode, particularly his conversation with Art Dale on the bus after Dale sees his true form. I love the idea of a baseball game convincing an alien to become a human and just play baseball. It also has that wonderful Mulder and Scully scene at the end. Plus it makes a great shirt. 
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2016 20:13
|
|
|
Big Mean Jerk posted:
My buddy drew that picture. He sells prints, too.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2016 22:03
|
|
|
piratepilates posted:Now I don't watch much TV, but is it just me or do these new X-Files episodes just feel a little off (barring the were-lizard)? They bought back the old writers, but none of the directors. Rob Bowman, David Nutter, Kim Manners(RIP), all those guys that made the show look amazing week after week. If the series is renewed for a longer run, I hope they at least get some of them back. Also, I guess they're probably not using film now. Shooting on 35mm hides a lot of sins, it's why the low-budget early seasons still look really good compared to a lot of modern TV.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2016 22:05
|
|
|
I watched the Pilot recently and everything not in the forest looked really bad. Like the stereotypical 90s style of lighting writ large.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2016 22:12
|
|
|
Virion posted:Sort of related but Mulder regularly tastes EVERYTHING to the point that it's a running joke for me and my wife to guess what he'll stick in his mouth next. I like to think he knew the lizard squirted blood from his eyes because it clearly in his mouth when he pauses the video. Haha yes! This too was in the very same episode that inspired my post! "Leonard Betts" Mulder sticks his finger into a bathtub full of god knows what dark liquid and then tastes it.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2016 22:58
|
|
|
Big Mean Jerk posted:I like having old writers back, but if they do another miniseries, I think it's time to bring in some new blood. Darin Morgan is the only one who proved he still has it 100%. On the contrary, they couldn't get Vince Gilligan for this season due to his shooting schedule, but considering how he's still knocking it out of the park with his own shows and had some of the best X-Files episodes I'd love to see what he could bring to the new show.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2016 23:17
|
|
|
Good Soldier Svejk posted:How do you guys feel about that episode Duchovny wrote where an alien just wanted to play baseball except maybe he wasn't an alien and it was just a very clumsy allegory for racism? That's a really good episode
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2016 01:54
|
|
|
Atarian posted:My buddy drew that picture. He sells prints, too. Your buddy does good stuff. Does he have a website?
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2016 01:59
|
|
|
PBS Newshour posted:baseball episodes are always the best episodes in a tv show Yup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRRbYE9jRCk
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2016 02:46
|
|
|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N22YyheMW-c
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2016 02:49
|
|
|
It's pretty clear that the show is leading up to the reveal of Mulder and Scully's 15 year old son.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2016 08:23
|
|
|
Comrade Fakename posted:It's pretty clear that the show is leading up to the reveal of Mulder and Scully's 15 year old son. Sadly yes. I assume he will be working with CSM in come capacity.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2016 15:16
|
|
|
Big Mean Jerk posted:Your buddy does good stuff. Does he have a website? Yup! Here it is He got featured on io9 the other day and the traffic kept grinding his Wordpress site to a halt, I ended up saving the html and just making it static for now, but it should work fine.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2016 16:27
|
|
|
I finally watched Home in anticipation of Monday's episode, Home Again. I can see why it would have been controversial back in 1996, but it didn't really elicit much from me. As for Home Again, I was very disappointed. Josh Lyman fucked around with this message at 20:55 on Feb 12, 2016 |
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2016 20:52
|
|
|
I must either of have really simple tastes and be easily impressed or maybe I'm just really good at guessing the kinds of things I like and avoiding the things I won't. 
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 01:08
|
|
|
Basebf555 posted:This isn't exactly a compliment but her character on Hannibal always seemed a lot closer to her actual personality. I think her interview on Top Gear was her real personality
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 04:11
|
|
|
I'm enjoying this season but this whole thing with Mulder and Scullys kid is really dragging the show down. They need to resolve it or shut up about it at this point. Also in the original seasons didn't the monster of the week episodes end with them actually solving the cases? Fox and Dana are pretty poor agents considering they let 2 psionic siblings loose after murdering their dad and a bunch of other people and there is a Tulpa still at large murdering city officials.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 09:57
|
|
|
Alucard Nacirema posted:I'm enjoying this season but this whole thing with Mulder and Scullys kid is really dragging the show down. They need to resolve it or shut up about it at this point. Also in the original seasons didn't the monster of the week episodes end with them actually solving the cases? Fox and Dana are pretty poor agents considering they let 2 psionic siblings loose after murdering their dad and a bunch of other people and there is a Tulpa still at large murdering city officials. Longbaugh01 posted:Someone mentioned Mulder and Scully don't really resolve anything in this latest episode, and then either them or someone else mentioned that happened a lot in Season 2. I'm only in Season 4 right now on my rewatch, but Mulder and Scully not actually tying up the case with a nice pretty bow happens all the loving time even after S2.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 10:06
|
|
|
Yeah, if you think cases being unresolved is surprising, you've never watched X-Files.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 10:15
|
|
|
There are a couple of stand alone episodes where there isn't even really a monster but just a "force" and here it is about to kill Scully and Mulder and oh look search and rescue/CDC/whatever saves them at the last moment.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 11:08
|
|
|
Jack Gladney posted:The big difference in the way he treats Mulder and Scully has to do with how they treat him. Mulder wants lotto numbers and is greedy to use him as a tool and Scully just has fun and gets drunk with him. So he's a dick to Mulder and more playfully kind to Scully, but he's not going to tell the truth to either of them. He's still a bad-faith existentialist and a grouch. They constantly change their minds about that last part. It could have refereed to her resurrection in season six, she could be functionally immortal, he could have just been nice and not wanted to scare her/get her paranoid. drat that was a good episode and one of the ones where Mulder being a "true believer" makes him a dick and Scully the nice one for a change.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 11:18
|
|
|
Man "Musings of a Cigarette Man" is an awesome episode. Lol at him giving his dudes ties for Christmas. He is a great character. Poor guy's and his novel. I wish deep throat had lived longer. Miranda fucked around with this message at 11:39 on Feb 13, 2016 |
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 11:36
|
|
|
Miranda posted:Man "Musings of a Cigarette Man" is an awesome episode. Lol at him giving his dudes ties for Christmas. He is a great character. Poor guy's and his novel. Yeah I had totally forgotten about that episode and it really surprised me. In fact--CSM is awesome in his way, but not a sympathetic character--that episode made me feel sad for him...but then I thought about how when they asked him to kill JFK and he didn't even really ask why besides the General's bullshit. (Who was played by the doctor from BSG iirc.) Also, is the actor who played CSM in that ep the same actor that comes back later to play Spender (?) or whatever? Is that on purpose?
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 11:58
|
|
|
Spender was created just so Owens could have a regular part if I remember correctly
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 12:19
|
|
|
I'm going through Season 1 and a lot of episodes are basically "A GHOST fulfills a revenge plot and at best Mulder & Scully limit the casualties". And then there's a bunch that are just "let's get the hell out of here and then have the military firebomb it", like Ice or Darkness Falls. computer parts fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Feb 13, 2016 |
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 16:22
|
|
|
The best is the one where Mulder participates in some kind of old-world Greek Orthodox exorcism that would have happened anyway and it ends with the old man priest telling Mulder, "be careful. It knows you now." Not only did he not do anything special to help, but now an evil spirit is out to get him. I hope the final episode has a scene where Mulder gets killed by that ghost right in the middle of loving around aliens.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 19:06
|
|
|
At the time I hated that the "it knows you now" thing never came up again, but in retrospect I think the old man was just loving with Mulder.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 19:42
|
|
|
There were a bunch of episodes that end on ominous "he'll be back" note that are never followed up on.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 20:02
|
|
|
That's probably a good thing because the only good follow up was Tooms.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 20:12
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 14, 2024 07:59 |
|
|
head58 posted:At the time I hated that the "it knows you now" thing never came up again, but in retrospect I think the old man was just loving with Mulder. Although with it being an evil spirit I suppose you could argue that a bunch of the crazy BS that happens to Mulder is because of it. e: Evil spirit sits back in the evil spirit lounge and thinks 'Ok, fine, let's see how he handles homicidal inbred hicks'.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2016 20:47
|
|
